This recipe is quick, super tasty, but what makes it really special is, it's so basic you can get your kid to help make it with minimal intervention (although, if you're like me, your version of minimal intervention is standing right over them, vice grip on their tiny hand going "why. don't. we. do. it. together. darling" through pretend smily gritted teeth knowing you will fucking lose the plot if one single glob of oaty goo goes on your kitchen tiles).

The fussiness started around his second birthday and after about a year of it, the resulting stressful mealtimes and a slight worry that he was going to develop scurvy, I decided I needed to try and tackle it in a way that wouldn’t cause long term issues or food aversions.